Leadership development is the core of the Movement and is the thread that is woven through everything a girl experiences in Girl Scouts. The Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards are the epitome of this leadership and set age appropriate standards for the highest achievements at various levels.

Bronze Award
The Girl Scout Bronze Award, the highest honor a Junior Girl Scout, ages 9-11, can earn, requires her to learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that makes a positive impact on her community. Working towards this award demonstrates her commitment to helping others, improving her community and the world, and becoming the best she can be. 

Girls may work on the award individually or in a group. All of the requirements for the Bronze Award must be met before leaving Junior Girl Scouts. However, earning a Bronze Award is not a prerequisite for the Girl Scout Silver Award (for Girl Scouts 11-14) or the Girl Scout Gold Award (for Girl Scouts 14-17).


Silver Award
The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest earned award for Girl Scouts ages 12-14, the second highest in Girl Scouting.  Girls may begin to work on the prerequisites when they have bridged from Juniors, are in 6th grade or above and are at least 11 years old.  To begin work on the project itself, girls must be 12-14 or in grades 7-9. Silver Award projects must be completed by September 30 of the girl's sophomore year in high school.

The basic elements of the award are life skills including leadership development, career exploration, self-development and service. This is not a competition but another path girls may choose to help strengthen their community and themselves. Earning the Silver Award is an individual decision made by each girl and can be a group/troop or individual project. The Silver Award is not required for the Gold Award.

Gold Award
The Gold Award is the highest honor a girl can achieve in Girl Scouting. The culmination of the Gold Award focuses on a project which exemplifies the courage, confidence and character of the individual. The successful Gold Award is a significant challenge and your opportunity to make the world a better place in an area that is personally meaningful for you. You'll learn about project management from the inside and how one person can definitely make a difference.

On Sunday, May 3, 2009, the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, Inc., awarded 20 teens with the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award at awards ceremonies throughout the council's jurisdiction.

This year's Girl Scout Gold Award Recipients are:

Bryna Dunham of Vidalia
Sara Dickson of Macon
Sarah Fechter of Evans
Kristine Finley of Ludowici
Heather Fuata of Fort Stewart
Megan Green of Rentz
Crystal Hardy of Dublin
Callie Harkness of Richmond Hill
Mackenzie Justice of Leesburg
Maura Law of Cumming
Ashley Murray of Young Harris
Elizabeth Myler of Albany
Emily Newbern of Gainesville
Ashley Reising of Loganville
Caitlin Ribiero of Midland
Bonnie Riezinger of Gray
Emily Stallings of Midland
Lindsey Stephens of Macon
McKenzie Wade of Blairsville
Amanda Warren of Gainesville